Toy sling-gun.



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TOY SLING GUN.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 8, I916.

M 11 "Y Patented June 20, 1916.

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TOY SLING GUN.

Patented J mm 20, 1916.

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THOMAS WIDDOP, 0F OGDEN, UTAH, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0 WILLIAM H. PETTY,

' 0F OGDEN, "UTAH.

TOY SLING-GUN.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, THOMAS WIDDOP, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ogden, in the county of Weber and State of Utah, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Sling-Guns; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to toy sling guns and one of its objects is the provision of a device of this character, which shall be simple, durable and eflicient, and which may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

Another object of this invention is to provide a gun barrel and stop to support a sling and eliminate the danger of hitting the operators hand, while shooting slings of well known types, and further provide a more accurate shooting device.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a trigger construction for holding the sling in an operative position, against a tension means and which may be released by pulling upon the trigger in the manner of an ordinary gun.

With these and other objects in view as will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combina-v tion and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter .more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a toy sling gun, constructed in accordance with my invention, Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device in an operative position, Fig. 3 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view of a gun barrel, illustrating the trigger and trigger supporting block, Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional View taken on the line 4- 1 of Fig. 3, lookin in the direction indicated by the arrows, Flg. 5 is a top plan view of the trigger supporting block, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of an-attaching clip for ls)ecurilng the trigger supporting block to the arre Specification of Letters Patent. Pajhuenjfingfll J 11mg 2489, 11916, Application filed February 8, 191a Serial m. 77,058.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates a gun barrel, having a gun stock 2 secured to one end thereof, by

means of screws 3. The gun stock 2 is of any well known formation at the end thereof for engaging the shoulder of the operator, and its forward end is provided with a cutout portion to form a trigger guard 4. The forward end of the barrel 1 is grooved to receive a substantially U-shaped member 5, which is constructed of resilient material to clamp around the barrel 1 within the groove. The ends 6 and 7 of the U-shaped member 5 are bent upwardly and outwardly from the barrel 1 to provide a fork to the sling, which will be hereinafter more fully described.

The rear end of the barrel 1 is provided with a longitudinal extending slot 8 and secured to the barrel 1 and coverin the slot 8 is a trigger supporting block 9, y means 11. A U-shaped attaching clip 12, having enlarged square ends 13 is passed around the V-shaped end of the block 9 and secured to the block 9 and barrel 1 by means of screws or other suitable fastenings as illustrated at 14, to firmly secure and brace the forward end of the block 9.

A substantially Y-shaped trigger 15 is constructed of wire or other suitable resilient material. The trigger 15 consists of a stem portion 16 formed by bending the wire or resilient materialintermediate its length to provide a pair. of parallel portions. These portions are bent outwardly and upwardly to form arms 17 and 18. The upper extremity of the arm 18 is bent to he in a horizontal plane and within a groove 19 in the upper face of the barrel 1 and which communicates with the slot 8. The free end of the arm 18 is bent upwardly from the horizontal portion and pointed to be driven into the block 9 as illustrated at 20, before the block 9 is applied to the barrel 1. The arm 17 is provided with its free end bent into a vertical plane to form an extension 21, which projects through the groove 11 of the block 9 to form a catch.

The sling above referred to, consists of a pair of elastic bands 22 and 23, secured to the arms 6 and 7 by means of cords 24: or other suitable securing means. A pocket 25 to the arms 6 and 7 and the pocket 25 in any" well known manner.

In operation a stone is placed in thepocket 25 and said pocket is pulled rearwardly from the arms 6 and 7 against the tension of the elastic bands 22 and and the ring 9 is placed over the extens on 21, which wil hold the stone 27 wlthm the pocket 25, providing the device m an operative or loaded condition. When it is desired to shoot the device, the stock 2 1s placed to the shoulder and the barrel 1 1s leveled or aimed in the manner of'any ordinary gun and by pulling upon the stem portlon 16 of the trigger 15, in the directionpf the stock 2, the catch or extension 21 Wlll be drawn downwardly within the groove 11 of the block 9 and release the ring 29, whlch allows the elastic bands 22 and 23 to retract and throw the stone 25 with great force and accuracy.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my inventlon, 1t will be understood that minor changes 1n construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the mventlon as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim 1s 1. In a device of the character described comprising a gun barrel, a stock secured to one end of said gun barrel, said gun barrel provided with a longitudinal extending slot therein, a trigger supporting block secured to said gun barrel and covering said slot, a substantially Y-shaped trigger provided with one of its-ends secured to said block, the other end of said trigger adapted to extend through said slot and move freely therein, and an elastic sling secured to the forward end of the gun barrel, means for detachably securing said sling to the free end of said trigger.

2. In a device of the character described comprisingva gun barrel, a stock secured to one end of said gun barrel, said gun barrel provided with a longitudinal extending slot therein, a trigger supporting block secured to the gun barrel and covering said slot, said trigger supporting block provided with a vertical extending groove in the forward end thereof, a substantially 'Y-shaped trigspaced therefrom, a substantially ger provided with one of its'ends pointed to be driven into said block, the other end of said trigger adapted to pass through the vertical groove of said slot and extend to a point beyond to provide a catch, forked arms secured to the forward end of said gun barrel, elastic bands secured to the forked arms, a pocket secured to the other ends of said elastic bands, and means for detachably securing the pocket to the catch against the tension of said elastic bands.

3. In a device of the character described comprising a gun barrel, a stock secured to one end of said gun barrel, said gun barrel provided with a longitudinally extending slot, a trigger supporting block secured to the gun barrel and covering said slot, a substantially Y-shaped trigger extending through the slot of said gun barrel, theupper extremity of one of the arms of said Y- shaped trigger bent to lie in a horizontal plane, said gun barrel provided with a longltudinally extending groove in the upper face thereof and communicating with the longitudinal extending slot, said groove adapted to receive the horizontal portion of the Y-shaped trigger, the free end of said horizontal portion bent at right angles and secured to the trigger supporting block, the forward end of said trigger supporting block provided with a vertically extending groove, the other end of said Y-shapedtrigger bent upwardly and extending through the groove of said trigger supporting block to a point beyond to provide a catch, a substantially U-shaped member secured to the forward end of said gun barrel, elastic bands secured 'to the ends of said U-shaped member, a pocket secured to the other end of said elastic bands, and means for detachably securing the pocket to the catch.

4. In a device of the character described comprising a gun barrel, a stock secured to one end of said gun barrel, said gun barrel provided with a longitudinal extending slot therein, a trigger supporting block secured to said gun barrel and covering said longitudinal slot, said trigger supporting block provided with a vertically extending groove in the forward end thereof, a substantially V-shaped attachin clip secured to the trigger supporting block and the gun barrel and adapted to pass around the forward end of said trigger supporting block and Y-shaped trigger provided with one of its ends secured to said trigger supporting block, the opposite end of said Y-shaped trigger adapted to extend upwardly through the vertical groove in said block and between the V- shaped clip and the forward end of the block to provide a catch, a substantially U- shaped member secured to the forward end of the gun barrel, tension means secured to the ends of said U-shaped member, a pocket secured to the other ends of said tension means, and means for securing said pocket to the catch and said tension means.

5. In a device of the character described comprising a gun barrel, a stock secured to one end of said gun barrel, a trigger supporting block secured to the gun barrel, a substantially Y shaped trigger extending through said gun barrel and provided with one of its ends attached to said trigger supporting block, the other end of said Y-shaped trigger adapted to extend upwardly and beyond the trigger supporting block, said gun barrel provided with an annular groove in the forward end thereof, a substantially U- shaped member secured to the forward end of the gun barrel within said groove, elastic bands secured to the ends of said U-shaped member, a pocket secured to the other ends of said elastic bands to support a stone, a cord secured to said pocket, a ring secured to said cord to receive the free end of said trigger to hold the elastic bands in an expanded position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS WIDDOP. Witnesses W. H. PETTY, EUGENE M. PACK. 

